![]() ![]() She added, "So many people feel like their little piece is such a major part of this puzzle. "It's my family's, it's my fans', it's my country's, it's the Caribbean as a whole, it's women, it's black women." "My success is not my own," she said as she accepted the Video Vanguard Award. It suits her to offer something for everyone. She sees no need to knit those personas any closer together. She was blase as she ran through group moves for the electronic songs, smiley and hip-grinding in the Caribbean songs, black-clad and making tough-gal faces for the trap songs and, in by far her best segment, clad in a voluminous white dress and singing unmistakably live vocals in ballads like Stay, Diamonds and Love on the Brain with the huge voice that got her noticed in the first place. There was electronic dance music, Caribbean beats, trap/R&B and ballads, each a showcase for a different outfit and a different persona. Rihanna, who won the channel's Video Vanguard Award, gave four performances, each one a medley sifting through her catalogue. Rihanna embraces her many personas How does Rihanna sort out all her hits? The VMAs offered one method: by genre. One of the many sides of Rihanna at the VMAs. Their final formation was the gender symbol for female: a silent and unmistakable message. In Formation, the dancers wore black hats and shiny black halters, hot pants and boots, and they eventually deployed themselves with synchronised, scissoring legs for aerial shots, like something from a Busby Berkeley musical. Women joined her in crouching, hip-swinging dances hinting at African roots, and appeared in glowing, futuristic garb with West African-style face paint. Women stood in elaborate, old-fashioned white dresses during the reverential Pray You Catch Me, then fell to the stage in puddles of bloody red light as the song's sorrow grew overwhelming. ![]() But she left in others, knowingly, which gave her closing taunt in Don't Hurt Yourself two insistent bleeps.Ĭrucially, Beyonce was not alone onstage ranks of women reinforced her, sharing and complementing her moves, placing her in a community. That song had the theological clarification that's also on the Lemonade visual album when she sang Love God herself, large letters flashed behind her saying, "GOD IS GOD/I AM NOT."īeyonce substituted some lyrics where the album has profanities, so her musical momentum didn't get interrupted by MTV's censors. Beyonce glared in a close-up to telegraph the contempt and fury in Don't Hurt Yourself. She put a big smile on her face as she spat out her refusal to apologise in Sorry and urged "Middle fingers up!" At the end of Hold Up, she swung a baseball bat directly toward a camera, and the lens seemed to crack. She performed shortened versions of the four songs that open the album, singing about betrayal, jealousy and revenge, then concluded with Formation, calling for pride and sisterhood. So many people feel like their little piece is such a major part of this puzzle, and I have to thank you guys for supporting me over and over.Lemonade is an album of bitter marital strife followed by reconciliation Beyonce's set concentrated on the strife. It's my fans', it's my country's, it's the Caribbean’s, as a whole. This is the first Vanguard to land anywhere close to my country," she admitted. "When I think about the Vanguard Award and receiving this tonight, all I could think of was my country. ![]() She's a living breathing legend in our industry."Īpproaching the mic for her own acceptance speech, Rihanna made sure to show plenty of love to her native Barbados. And I run for miles just to get a taste Must be love on the brain Thats got me feeling this way It beats me black and blue but it fucks me so good And I cant get enough Must be love on the brain yeah And it keeps cursing my name No matter what I do Im not good. All my adult life, I've looked up to her, even though she's younger than me. Rihanna ark Çevirileri - Love On The Brain : And you got me. ![]() "She's one of my best friends in the world. "She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old," he gushed, prompting big cheers from the audience. "I was introduced to her as the kid who played background music at the restaurant as people ate their dinner." "The first time I met Robyn Fenty was in 2005," he began, recalling Rih's very first music video shoot for "Pon de Replay" in his native Toronto. ![]()
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